Laurie Moses, a sales consultant at Suburban Ford in Waterford Township, is appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" in a contest where sales consultants from across the country compete to sell Fallon a Ford F-150 on the deck of New York City's Intrepid Aircraft Carrier, with whoever keeps their fingers on the truck the longest winning the contest. Those supporting Moses on Twitter are using the hashtag #WaterfordLaurie.

“I’m done, guys!! Picked up my hand on accident to give somebody their silly bread! Congrats to everybody who was in this! Thanks, again.”

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Moses found out this last week that she’s once again the automaker’s top salesperson in the country, selling 607 vehicles at Suburban Ford in 2013.

The Lake Orion native said in a phone interview from New York City that she lasted into the 31st hour of the contest.

At about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, the contestant next to her asked if she was going to eat a piece of bread sitting on the F-150’s tailgate.

“I picked up the bread and gave it to him” using the hand that was supposed to remain on the truck, she said.

The remaining contestants are fatigued, Moses said. Three were left standing as of midday Wednesday. If there isn’t a winner in the endurance contest by Friday, it will be decided with a tiebreaker.

“The day’s a piece of cake, but at night, I don’t know if they’re going to be able to stick it out.”

Moses’ attempt to sell a Ford F-150 pickup truck to “Tonight” host Jimmy Fallon gained popularity, trending on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. She was one of the final eight contestants in the contest, held aboard on the USS Intrepid in New York City.

“It was amazing. I’m so glad I did it,” Moses said, thanking the thousands of people who rooted for her using social media.

Later on Wednesday, she was not catching up on sleep, instead tweeting photographs while sightseeing in New York City.

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